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What We’re Reading: October 20, 2011 Edition

We begin this week with responses to the federal proposal on Institutional Review Boards, articles on the new free OpenClass course management system, and the news that Monmouth University is the new home of the Bruce Springsteen Archive. Then, read about Twitter in academia, a new website on Indians of the Midwest, and Smithsonian History.

OpenClass to Challenge Blackboard?
Google has teamed up with Pearson Publishing to launch OpenClass, a new (and free) learning management software. Learn more in this article from Inside Higher Ed, and check out the Chronicle’s Wired Campus blog interview with Matt Leavy, chief executive of Pearson eCollege.

Indians of the Midwest, Past and Present
The D’Arcy McNickle Center for American Indian and Indigenous Studies recently launched a new website titled "Indians of the Midwest, Past and Present," which features video interviews with historians and Native Americans, essays, illustrations, bibliographies, maps, timelines, and other resources.